A couple of days milling

[peterrum]

Daninvan and I got together for a bit of milling and alot of fiddling with our saws but eventually we both got our acts together and the chips and sawdust started to fly. The weather was great for me, I like it a little cooler when doing this work and it was close to freezing when we started out on the two mornings. More photos to come.

 

[peterrum]

More photos

So we ended up with some nice elm with some spalting, some shorter slabs of chestnut with a bit of spalting and the burled log is a bit of a mystery wood to us right now. We think that it might be box elder without the red in the grain that is usually associated with this wood. In the photos we have called the mystery wood "maple" for the time being. Regardless of what it is we had fun.

 

[buzz sawyer]

Nice photos and very nice grain! Lotta work, no doubt, but good results.

 

[BobL]

I like it - keep posting the pics.

 

[RPM]

Dan what replaced the 2100's? Saw a picture that looked like a 3120 in another post?

 

[pwoller]

Dan what replaced the 2100's? Saw a picture that looked like a 3120 in another post?

Looks like a 395 to me.

 

[Daninvan]

I replaced the 2100s with a pair of 3120 and 390s. I am still hoping to bring the 2100s back to life, found a place that will bore and recoat the cylinders. Still need to determine if it is economical or not.

Thanks for posting the pics Pete!

It sure was a lot of work that day. But worth it.

The one shorter log is horse chestnut (similar to buckeye) rather than true chestnut.

Dan

 

[huskyhank]

Looking good gentlemen.

How do the 390s compare to the 2100s?

 

[Daninvan]

How do the 390s compare to the 2100s?

Hard to say right now, I just haven't had enough time with the 390. I'd like to run it for a while, and with a few different types of logs, to get a better perspective. Sorry to be weasel-y, but ask me again in a couple weeks!

 

[pwoller]

I can answer the 390 vs 2100 milling question. So far the 390 mills faster then the 2100 I had with the same chains but I havent put the 390 in anything bigger the 32 inch walnut. I would imagine the 2100 would mill faster on the really big hardwoods. You can bury the bar one the 2100 and lean on it and it just keeps chugging along.

 

[huskyhank]

Yeah, I asked you the same question pwoller. You compared them as sports car to pick-up truck.

I keep thinking I want a 390 but have never run one. I love my 2100 except its heavy and vibrates a good bit compared to new saws. Same or similar grunt in a smooth running saw that's 5 pounds lighter sounds really nice to me.

 

[discounthunter]

nice work.sweet find on the burl log. i think this has been answered before but,is that loader always there and who runs it?

 

[pwoller]

Yeah, I asked you the same question pwoller. You compared them as sports car to pick-up truck.

I keep thinking I want a 390 but have never run one. I love my 2100 except its heavy and vibrates a good bit compared to new saws. Same or similar grunt in a smooth running saw that's 5 pounds lighter sounds really nice to me.

I think if I could start over I'd get a 395 to mill with and cut firewood. I think the 390 is great but the extra grunt of the 395 would be nice when milling.

 

[820wards]

Daninvan and I got together for a bit of milling and alot of fiddling with our saws but eventually we both got our acts together and the chips and sawdust started to fly. The weather was great for me, I like it a little cooler when doing this work and it was close to freezing when we started out on the two mornings. More photos to come.

Dan,

Nice job on the burl, nice pictures. Thanks for posting.

jerry-

 

[markvanzee]

:msp_ohmy: wow

i'd really like to find such a large burl. you guys are extremely lucky. :msp_ohmy:wow when i opened the second picture i was like 'WHAT ON EARTH:msp_ohmy: that burl is huge

really nice keep up the good work

 

[peterrum]

Hunter the loader is run by a city employee, I tried to get him to lend it to me for a few day but imagine this, he just laughed at me. We were lucky to get this log, it was slated to go to someone else who hadnt done anything with it in two weeks so we got it. Neither Daninvan or I have milled a log like this before so it was a learning experience. The big burl on the top is also a partial limb, not completely all burl but the majority of it is. I finally got all my logs stickered, stacked and end grain painted today.

 

[Garmins dad]

Peterrum Very nice slabs :msp_thumbup:... Where in the Okanagan are you my wife has family in Vernon..

 

[peterrum]

Thanks, Kaleden just outside of Penticton aka Gods Country. Summer place is in Rock Creek.

Cheers

 

[Garmins dad]

Wife and i are looking at places out in the Lumby area.. We are trying to make a deal on 45 acres of hills and trees.. Nice area yall live in down there...

 

[SDB777]

What do you do with your burl slabs?

Just wondering.....





Most burls I find are on the Oaks here, and seem to be rotted out in the centers. Red Mulberry seems to be in abundance...burls, but the figuring is medicore.


Scott